Jade Jordan

Jade Jordan
Jade Jordan in 2022
Born	1988 Dublin, Ireland
Occupation	Actor, author
Years active	2014–present

Jade Jordan (born 1988) is an Irish actor and writer. She is known for her role in the horror film You Are Not My Mother (2021) and for her autobiography Nanny, Ma and Me.^[1][2][3][4]

Early life[]

Jordan was born in Dublin and grew up in the Fingal suburb of Blanchardstown with her sister Pariss. Jordan attended secondary school at Coolmine Community School. She then did a course in theatre studies at Coláiste Dhúlaigh College of Further Education.^[5][6] In 2009, Jordan moved to London for drama school, graduating in 2013.^[2][7] She later trained at Bow Street Academy.^[6][3][5]

Career[]

In 2021, Jordan produced and wrote her first feature, The Colour Between. It was funded by Screen Ireland.^{[8][9][10][11]} She has performed with the Abbey Theatre and the Druid Theatre Company.^[12]

Jordan's 2021 autobiography Nanny, Ma and Me describes her experiences as a Black Irish woman and tells the stories of her grandmother, Kathleen, and her mother, Dominique. Kathleen, born in 1932, moved from Ireland to London in the 1950s to studying nursing. In 1963, she married Larry, a Jamaican man who moved to England as part of the Windrush generation. The couple had three children, including Dominique, and lived in Walthamstow. The family returned to Dublin in 1978, first living in a tenement building on Seán McDermott Street before moving to Blanchardstown in the 1980s.^{[13][2][7][14]}

Filmography[]

Film[]

Television[]

Music videos[]

Stage[]

Awards and nominations[]

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References[]

External links[]

• Jade Jordan at IMDb